The Savage is a good obsession to have.  It is one very fun motorcycle that can be made into all sorts of type bikes.
Welcome to this Savage site, there is plenty of stuff to see and learn here regarding out favorite big cylinder.
Enjoy

Michael

Figured its time I introduced myself.

I'm a 27 year old banker from Boston.  Bought my first bike last summer which just so happened to be a 96 Savage.  After riding one season you can say Im hooked.  I take the thing out every chance I get.  With the help of you guys Im looking to turn my bike into somewhat of a bobber, love the look of them.  Anyways, you all have already been more than helpful many times, I really would be lost without this board.

-Pete

my turn!


Hello,


my name is Jordan(21), i bought an 07' spank me new last year out in california (i was originated in NY).  Put about 300 miles on it and decided on a meaner thump, so i took it back to the stealership, used my jedi mind tricks and they put one on as a warranty fix.  (jardine Rumbler)   Put another 5,500 miles on it in about 5 months and then packed up my stuff and set sail.  i went down the coast then across and up to upstate NY.  it is now just over a year old and i have 11,000 glorious miles on it!  

time for some real mods this year.  
first up- i took of the front signals when i first got it, didn't like the look. awaiting shipment are some iron cross mirrors/signals.
while waiting for those to come i would like to do the white spacer mod... but i am not to mechanical and i am a little afraid of doing so myself.
Also i have contacted the infamous ED L and hopefully will be getting what my knees have been begging me for since the beginning. +4" forward control

not sure what else, pictures of current will come as soon as i can upload

Hi I'm Don, 57 and happy to be alive. Little over 3 years ago I was operated on for prostate cancer, doctor tells me I had God on my side, he says I am thru the tough part, he says I made it. Last year I went sky diving and bought a motorcycle, now mind I hadn't been on a bike since 1970, then it was a Norton 750. Well I am the proud owner of a sweet 98 Savage, she is good to an old man.
Just wanted to say hi and thanks for being here, all of ya'all.

Welcome guys!

Hi all,
I'm a 32 year old software engineer. I just got a 2003 Savage. It's my third bike, after my two old Yamaha triples (77 & 78 XS750s) which I just sold. I have been riding and wrenching for a little over 8 years now. I'm proud to say no one but me has worked on any of my bikes in the time I've owned them. I recently decided on the Savage since I have little kids, and my wife informed me my time commitment to my old rat bike was just too much.    I love the looks, the ride, and the elegant-but-raw simplicity of the Savage. It's great to see such excellent forums too. I'm glad to know (thanks to these forums) that I'm not the largest Savage rider either at just over 6'1" and about 240. My coworkers were making "shriners" jokes and one of the guys who looked at my old bikes asked if the Savage was my wife's ride. Though I used to ride much more, now most of my riding is confined to my short commute, but the new bike has made that even more fun!

Hey everyone - I'm a 26 year old software engineer from northern Rhode Island. I just started riding recently and picked up a 1988 LS650 with ~25K on it. This site has been very helpful to me already. So far I've changed the oil and filter, and I have the head cap on order, which looks to be pretty straightforward thanks to the excellent guide here.

I'll give my motorcycle history too: I'm a New England city boy, and my wife is from northwest Montana, so that means guns and bikes. We were out there in September, and my father-in-law and two brothers-in-law decided to play "Intimidate the Yankee". After having determined that I hadn't ridden a motorcycle before, I was prompty given a helmet and a 1980 Honda CB with a softball sized dent in the tank. They, of course, were seated on their new Kawasaki KLR's. "We're going for a ride," he said. We ended up riding up Mount Marston (elevation 7343ft - views into Glacier Nat'l Park and Waterton Lakes Park in Canada), up twisty secondary logging roads, white knuckles all the way (on my 25 year old street bike). Coming back down 15-20% grades was... interesting as well. Despite that, I caught the bug and had to get myself a bike. So that's my story!